Hi Riders,

We made it through the first week of school! It's been great to pop into classes and see students and teachers working together to figure out how to learn in Distance Learning. Just a couple of updates for everyone today.

Attendance

We are still working on attendance. You might receive a call with the recording that your student did not participate in class. Attendance is marked everyday for every class. Students have all day (midnight to midnight) to connect with teachers, come to live class, or turn in an assignment to be marked present for the day. This is great for students who have other responsibilities and miss class, but it is definitely more complicated for our teachers. We are still working on the best way to capture this information. If you do get the phone call saying your student was absent, you can contact the teacher. We are finding that often the teacher has already fixed the attendance, but didn't do it in time for the computer to not make the phone call. Again, we'll be making some changes, and we appreciate your patience as we figure out this new system.

Social Workers

Thanks to everyone who came to the information sessions from our counselors, social workers, and community partners this week. Our social workers wanted to make sure that all families get more information to let you know about their work and how they can help families. Here, and attached below, is their introduction information If you have questions or don't know who to connect with, please contact your student's counselor.

I'm glad the rains have come and the air is clearing up. We will resume chromebook distribution each day between 1 and 3pm. If you need a chromebook or a hotspot, we can make that happen next week (hotspots will be available soon - we'll keep you posted).

Go Riders!

KD